The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-21
LOCAL NEWS.
Election day draws nigh.
Prepare to meet the assessor.

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Prepare to meet the assessor.
Pumpkin pies are now in order.
A few more frosty nights will ripen the
buckwheat cakes.
Weather prophet Devoe says we are to
rave snow on the Goth inst,
Thos. Green killed his first 400 pound
hog of the season last Friday.
Vegetation is beginning to show the
effects of the heavy frosts of last week.
John Wallace raised on one acre of land
this year $50 baskets of white potatoes.
Sheriff Kelly was in town last week post
ing up legal notices against bribery at
elections.
W. NJ. Coles has the cellar dug for his
new house on the lot purchased of the
Bowen estate.
w. W. Fox has moved into his hand
some new house on Salem street built by
contractor ]. G. Stretch.
Our force received a treat of "Original
Salem County Ice Cream" from the factory
Of Benz. Abbott at this place last week.
Thos. b. Parker has the contract for
building the house for Mrs. Martha Colson,
on the lot next to Isaac Ballinger's resi-
dence.
Counterfeit five cent pieces, dated 1897,
are in circulation. They are nice, bright
looking nickels, but they are three penny
weights short.
Some choice wood lots will be sold on
the premises in Upper A%lloway's township,
on Nov. list, by Alfred Bilderback, h
advertises in this issue.
A meeting of Board of Trustees of he
Almshousc will be held on Monday, No
vember 7th, when a steward for the ensu-
ing year will be elected.
The oyster supper of the NJ. f. Sunday
School held in McAllister's Hall last Friday
and Saturday evenings was a success, Il
neat sum being realized theretrom.
The Gamers of New Jersey have estimat-
ed that the pack of this season will be
nearly as large as last year, when l7.400,-
900 cans were put mp, or one-third the
production of the United States.
The Mount Holly Fair business during
last week was heavier than ever before,
The total admissions during the week, de-
spite the unfavorable weather of Monday
and Tuesday, aggregated $4,000 people.
The Salem County Board of Agriculture
will hold it's next meeting in McAllister,s
Hall, next Wednesday, at | o'clock T.. Nj.
Prof. George IL. Cook, OF the New Jersey
Experiment Station, is expected to be
present.
Sixty two Jews from the Alliance colony
made declaration at court this week of
their intention to become naturalized citi-
zens. The preliminary papers were issued
for them and in two years they will be en-
titled to vote.
Walter S. Bassett. living at Harrison
Vile station, has had a new range put IN
his house by Pancoast & Lippincott. to-
gether with plumbing for hot ana co'a
water through the house. Mr.. Bassett is
also about to have an ice house built on
his farm. JOS. G. Stretch will build it.
A new ruling OF the postofice depart
ment provides that postal cards that are
not called for can be returned to the writer
at the end of thirty days; also that adyer-
tised letters will be held but two weeks IN
stead ola month. as heretofore, before being
sent to the dead letter Office at Washington.
This is the season when young ladies
with escorts tramp about the country roads
in search of autumn leaves and beautiful
tints of color. They return worn ana
weary, only to find they could have obtain
ed u better assortment in the front yard
but they wouldn't have had so nice a
time.
The farmers of South Jersey arc
agitating am organization of the dairy
men Of Burlington, Camden, Glou-
%cester, Salem and Cape May counties viii
a view OF having the present milk law
modified at the next session of the Leglsla
ture. 1t is to reduce the State standaro
and to alter the law in reference t.
skinned milk.